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[HISTOIRE, MOYEN ORIENT ] - CHESNOT (Christian), SFEIR (Antoine) -
Orient occident le choc? les impasses meurtieres.
Paris, Calmann Lévy, 2009; in-8, 303 pp., br.
Bookseller reference : 201507563
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[Hippology manuscript]. - (Decullant, ...).
Comptément d'Extérieur. No place, [ca. 1800].
8vo. French manuscript on paper. 216 pp. Text in brown ink with some word highlighted in red, enclosed within red and brown borders. With 5 hand-drawn plates, one of which folding, one in original hand colour. Contemporary full calf with gilt spine and green morocco label; name "Mr Decullant" gilt to upper cover within florally gilt borders; leading edges gilt. Marbled endpapers. All edges lightly sprinkled red. Unpublished hippological manuscript in neat French calligraphy, discussing horse breeds, proportions, balance, paces, coats, horseshoes, and warranty issues. A separate section on Arabian horses discusses the breeders' practice of issuing certificates of authenticity for each individual animal, as well as that of branding: "L'origine des individus [...] est attestée par des Certificats à l'authenticité des quels ils tiennent avec une Extrème Rigeur, ils les marquent de plus au feu sur nombre d'endroits du Corps" (p. 109f.). The Arabian horse is singled out for its speed and praised for its boldness, as are the riders' impressive skills, envied by many a European army: "Nos armées ont admiré [...] et deploré souvent, cette petulance des chevaux, aussi bien que la Bravour de leurs Cavaliers pour qu'il soit Bésoin d'en faire un éloge plus pompeux" (p. 111). Furthermore, the author collects useful advice for buying horses and on distinguishing features to appreciate, including various deformities to be considered. The drawings illustrate the horse's proportions, displaying the animal in profile, from front and from behind; they also show the effects of leverage and equilibrium, and illustrate basic concepts of geometry. Throughout the text, the author repeatedly refers to hippiatric authorities such as the veterinarians Charles Bourgelat (1712-79), François Alexandre de Garsault (1691-1778), and Philippe-Étienne Lafosse (1738-1820). The wording "cette troisième section du cours" (p. 1) suggests that the present manuscript was conceived as part of a series of hippological textbooks, but no publication could be traced, nor could the author be identified. - Early 20th century handwritten notes on the treatment of a riding horse, probably transcribed from another work, loosely inserted. Extremities slightly rubbed, interior crisp and clean. A unique survival.
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[History of Arabia].
A Critical Essay on Various Manuscript Works, Arabic and Persian, illustrating the History of Arabia, Persia, Turkomania, India, Syria, Egypt, Mauritania, and Spain. London, Oriental Translation Fund, 1832.
Large 8vo. XI, (1), 71 (1) pp. - (Bound after): The Geographical Works of Sádik Isfaháni. Translated by J. C. from the Original Persian MSS. In the Collection of Sir William Ouseley, the Editor. Ibid., 1832. XIII, (1) ff., 152 pp. - (Bound with): A List of the Subscribers to the Oriental Translation Fund: With its Officers; and a Catalogue of the Works Published and Printing by the Fund. London: Gardiner and Son, 1832. 16 pp. Original dark green cloth boards with printed label on spine. With lithographed emblem of the Fund on title-page (offset onto preceding blank leaf). Bound with an added lilac-printed engraved leaf recording the copy's presentation to Lady Charlotte Guest, a subscriber to the Oriental Translation Fund. Lady Charlotte Elizabeth Guest (née Bertie, 1812-95), later Lady Charlotte Schreiber, was an English translator and business woman who taught herself Arabic, Hebrew, and Persian. After what may have been a brief flirtation with the future Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli, she escaped her unhappy home life through marriage in 1833, which was, however, not a conventional one for her age. - With bookseller's ticket of Edward Purdy of Chancery Lane. Occasional insignificant foxing; on the whole a superb copy, contents clean and fresh.
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[Hogarth, David George (ed.).].
A Handbook of Arabia. Volume I: General. Volume II: Routes. London, H. M. Stationery Office (Frederick Hall, Oxford) and (vol. 2) Admiralty War Staff, Intelligence Division, [1916]-May 1917.
8vo. (3)-708, (2) pp., XV pp. of plates. With four folding maps within pouch inside lower cover. 519, (3) pp., IX pp. of plates. Lacks the map, but with a different, supernumerary map within pouch inside lower cover. Modern (vol. 1) and original (vol. 2) blue cloth with giltstamped cover and spine titles (vol. 2 with closing fore-edge flap). Only edition of this rare, secret Naval Intelligence Handbook, compiled by D. G. Hogarth, Keeper of Antiquities at the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford (and close friend of T. E. Lawrence) for the British Admiralty's new Naval Intelligence Division, intended for the exclusive use of British officers operating on the Arabian Peninsula during the Great War. Although the information contained was classified as confidential, it could "in certain cases be communicated to persons in H.M. Service below the rank of commissioned officer", though officers exercising this power were warned to impart such data only with "due caution and reserve". As the introductory "Note" informs the reader, "The sources from which this work has been compiled include native information obtained since the outbreak of the war [...] Separate chapters are devoted to each of the great districts of Arabia [...] After the area of the territory under review has been defined, its physical character is described unter the subsections of Relief and Climate. Then follow social and political surveys of the district, the former usually arranged under the sub-headings of Population, Life and Appliances, Products and Trade, Currency, and Weights and Measurements, the latter describing the system of Government, Recent History, and Present Politics. The last section of such a chapter is purely geographical and is devoted to the Districts of the territory [...] In a composite chapter, such as that on the Gulf Coast, dealing with several independent territories, the same general arrangement, when practicable, has been followed for each area [...] The plates at the end of each volume have been chosen to illustrate the varieties of country which are characteristic of Arabia". The second volume is devoted "mainly to detailed routes, preceded by two chapters on methods of transport and lines of communication [...] Chapters have been incorporated on Meteorological Observations, Hygiene and Disease, and Vocabularies". All four maps of the first volume (Districts and Town; Orographical Features; Land Surface Features; Tribal Map) are present as called for; the "Key Map of Routes" in the second volume has been replaced by an orographical map of Palestine and Trans-Jordan (1933). While the first volume (I. D. 1128) has been rebound to style (lacking the half-title noting the confidential character of all information contained), the second volume (C. B. 405) is preserved in its original binding as issued, bearing also the copy number "Copy 117" in gilt on the upper cover. A Note of Confidentiality calls attention to "the penalties attaching to any infraction of the Offical Secrets Act". Stamps on flyleaf and pastedown trace its provenance to the Royal Central Asian Society, founded in 1901, and the book remained on the shelf of that Society's secretary when it was renamed the "Royal Society for Asian Affairs" in 1975. This ownership is cancelled in ballpoint, with a note "Sold to Mr. M. Graham" (i.e., Murray Graham, British collector and exploration agent in Arabia, d. 2008). Acquired from UK trade. OCLC 29922535, 775016994. Not in Macro.
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[Holdermann, Jean-Baptiste Daniel].
Grammaire turque ou méthode courte et facile pour apprendre la langue turque [...]. Constantinople, [Ibrahim Müteferrika & Zaïd Aga Effendi], 1730.
4to. (16), 194, (6) pp. With a double-page engraved table of Arabic characters. Contemporary full blindstamped calf. First edition of the first book printed with Roman letters in Turkey. Holdermann's "Grammaire turque" is the first French-Turkish grammar, printed on behalf of the French embassy to the Porte, at the first printing press established in 1726 by Zaid Aga Effendi, son of the Turkish ambassador to France, and Ibrahim Müteferrika. The type apparently was sent out from France especially for this work. Words and phrases are given both in Arabic-script Osmanli and in Roman transliteration. The engraved alphabetic table displays the names and shapes of letter forms for French and Turkish alphabets, including the letter forms used in various styles of Turkish writing for different uses: Nesghi for the Qur'an, Divani for business, Tealik for law and poetry, Kyrma for public registers; Sulus, like capitals, is used for book titles and imperial patents, Jakuti, and Rejani. - Since 1719 the French embassy had been calling for improved instruction and grammatical texts, and the present work was compiled by Holdermann "aprés avoir consulté, & conferé avec les plus habils maîtres, sur tout avec le sçavant Ibrahim [Müteferrika] Effendi, sur cet langue" (preface) for the use of the school of the "Enfants des Langues" (the school of the dragomans, or official interpreters) at Constantinople. Holdermann's book was also adopted as a teaching text by the Jesuit College at Paris, which had received a number of copies from the librarian at the Bibliothèque du Roi, abbé Bignon, in 1731 and 1732. - Holdermann, a Jesuit from Strasbourg, spent some four years as a missionary in Constantinople, dying there in 1730. He had projected also a French-Armenian grammar, which was unfinished at the time of his death. - Binding a little rubbed; corners bumped. Insignificant traces of worming to lower gutter near the beginning; dampstain to margin of first quire and diffuse dampstains to pp. 131-138. The first leaf of the index is bound after the title-page, the remaining two at the end. Complete with the final errata leaf. - Provenance: contemporary ownership of a Vlach nobleman in French service on the lower flyleaf ("Mr Pierre Rhetorides Grand Vornike de Valachie et Michmandare de Sa Hautesse le Grand Marechale de Frence"). The principality of Wallachia was then vassal state of the Ottoman Empire supported by France between 1730 and 1769. Blackmer 824. Atabey 586. Zenker 304. De Backer/Sommervogel IV, 431, 1. Toderini III, p. 89, no. VIII. Watson, "Ibrahim Müteferrika and Turkish incunabula", Journal of the American Oriental Society 88.3 (1968), 435-441 at p. 437, no. 8. Brunet II, 1693 ("volume peu commun et assez recherché").
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[Holt, A. L., et al.].
[Iraq archive. Cairo-Baghdad air route]. Iraq, 1921.
350 x 240 mm standard notebook and typewriter sheets. 7 vols., plus loose typewritten and notepad paper. Those bound are in original wrappers. Extensive archive relating to surveying work conducted by A. L. Holt for the Cairo-Baghdad air route in 1921, likely from Holt's own collection. This trove of original documents sheds light on British efforts to establish control over the post-Ottoman Middle East in the aftermath of WWI and the 1920 Iraqi Revolt. Plans for an air route between Cairo and Baghdad were originally drawn up in 1919 by Winston Churchill as Secretary of State for Air in collaboration with Hugh Trenchard, marshal of the Royal Air Force. Major A. L. Holt (1896-1971) was a decorated former Royal Engineers officer who during the 1920s was employed by Iraq Railways and the Turkish Petroleum Company, and pioneered mechanized exploration in the region. Holt additionally authored "Some Journeys in the Syrian Desert" (1923) and "The Future of the North Arabian Desert" (1923). - Another notable presence in this collection is that of Nuri ibn Sha'lan, leader of the Ruwallah tribe and the last major Arab leader to join the Arab Revolt. He was courted assiduously by T. E. Lawrence and the British military establishment, but only an intervention and payment by King Faisal prevailed (Tauber). - The archive comprises: - 1. [Report on two Cairo-Baghdad air route reconnaissance missions], 1921. Typescript with manuscript annotations, 34 pp. (rectos and versos), describing "The expedition to Ma' Dak Han" (oasis near Ramadi) and the "First Ford expedition" ("The ostensible purpose was a political mission to Nuri ibn Shalan of the Rowallah tribe", p. 11), incidents include an encounter with Arab chieftain "Faad ul Duchaim" ("He seemed to think that he ... should receive the same consideration and subsidy as his cousin Fahad Beg ibn Hadhal whose son had taken an active part against the Turks during the war", p. 30), 2 leaves of related manuscript notes attached. - 2. "2nd Ford Reconnaissance on the Baghdad-Cairo Air Route, June 6th-16th", ca. 1921. Manuscript, 79 ff., begins "Purposes of the Expedition. 1. To establish by ground and air No 4 landing ground at 200 miles from Ramadi, 2. To meet the Cairo reconnaissance party at L.G. 4 and pilot them to Baghdad", describes numerous encounters with locals, e.g., "Met a crowd of Arabs on the move. These proved to be the people of Jiza ibn Bahr. Consulted Jiza ibn Bahr himself about a guide and he produced one Zumaitan ibn Matar who proved himself excellently acquainted with the country" (f. 23), "Met a raiding party of Arabs about 100 strong under Mutlaq ibn Thamir going to raid the Beni Sabbar people" (f. 32), "Arrived Al Mat. Found camped there one Sheikh Mishrif al Awagi (Suwailmat) with about fifty tents but no camels. The camels had been sent away to better grazing while he remained there to retain the right to the water" (f. 35), and the airlifting of wounded sheikh Murthi al Rifadi ("an excellent piece of propaganda", f. 61). - 3. "Short Diary of Instructions & Action Taken in Connection with the Aerial Route to be Constructed between Amman and Ramadi. From 13.3.21 to [30.6.21]", 7 September 1921. Typescript, 16 ff., marked "confidential" on title-page. - 4. "Report on Desert Journey to Establish L[anding] G[round] 4", from the Assistant Divisional Adviser, Ramadi, to Major Holt, 22 June 1921. Carbon typescript, 4 ff., typescript covering note attached. - 5. "Names of Places". Carbon typescript, 3 ff., containing names and description of topographical landmarks apparently in Iraq. - 6. Holt, A.L. Baghdad-Amman Air Route. Report on Proposed Trans-Desert Highway for Mechanical Transport. Baghdad: printed by the Superintendent, Railway Press, 1922. 3 copies, folio, each in original wrappers, 9 pp., "Confidential. Report No. 1" printed on front covers. - Together with similar items relating to Holt's work on other projects, including several large maps. These include: "Iraq Railways. Proposed Baghdad Haifa Railway. Notes on Estimates Drawn up from Reconnaisance [sic] Surveys with Map of Proposed Route. District Engineer, Construction and Surveys, Baghdad" [cover title], 24th April 1930. Carbon typescript, 8 [1] ff., folding cyanotype map printed on linen (330 x 1200 mm); hand-coloured lithographic map of proposed oil pipelines from Naft Khaneh, Iraq, to Tripoli and Haifa (345 x 635 mm), and the "Port d'Alexandrette. Projet", folding lithographic map of Iskenderun, modern Turkey (650 x 750 mm). - Altogether a quite complete and engrossing collection with relevance to interwar politics, the early development of aircraft-based infrastructure, and 1920s Iraq. Some light wear and a few rust stains from paperclips and pins; altogether well preserved. Omissi, Air Power and Colonial Control: The Royal Air Force, 1919-1939, pp. 135f. Tauber, The Arab Movements in World War I, pp. 148f.
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[Holy Carpet].
Original photograph. No place or date (but c. 1920s).
132 x 102 mm. Captioned on the reverse: "Holy Carpet + Tailors Who made it". - Traces of former mounting, but well preserved altogether.
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[Holy Land].
Collection of 2 photographs of Bethlehem and the Dead Sea. Palestine, 1899.
Albumen prints on cardboard, dated on the reverse. Measurements 279:219 and 285:225 mm. The photographs show "Pilgrims entering Bethlehem on Christmas day" and an apparently English party of three tweed-clad gentlemen, one lady, a photographer-manservant, and two Arab guides posing before the Dead Sea. - The view of Bethlehem shows some fading and bears a caption the French and English, as well as the publisher's name, "Bonfils".
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[Hormuz - Bellin, Nicolaus].
Das Eyland Ormus oder Jerun. No place, mid-18th c.
Engraving, 252 x 308 mm. Matted. Hormuz Island, near Qeshm Island in the Arabian Gulf. Cf. Al-Quasimi 175.
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[Hormuz Island]. Royal Geographical Society.
The Geographical Journal. Vol. IV, No. 2. London, The Royal Geographical Society, 1894.
8vo. XVI, (97)-192, XVII-XX pp. With a folding map and a folding plate. Original printed wrappers. Includes the description of an early view of Hormuz Island, "A View of Ormus in 1627" (by William Foster, pp. 160-162), illustrated by a large folding plate. The sketch was drawn by David Davies, master's mate of the East India Company's ship "Discovery", but a few years after the island was captured by a combined Anglo-Persian force in 1622. - Slight foxing, otherwise fine.
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[Horse Race].
Set of horse racing posters and programmes. Various places, 1879 to 1884.
Altogether 12 items, various formats. Set of posters and programmes for horse races at Saintes, Marmande, Castillonnès (Lot-et-Garonne), Jonzac, Gémozac, Mirambeau, Mansle (Charente), Valence-d'Agen (Tarn-et-Garonne), Pons et Saujon. - Occasional damage to edges.
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[Horse Races].
Horse Race Betting Tickets and Bag of a Felonious Bookmaker. [South Shields, Tyne and Wear, England, ca 1900-1905].
Collection of approximately 300 original betting cards, produced and intended for soliciting bets, sixty years before gambling was made legal. Three complete of sets of illustrated printed betting tickets, 100, 200, and 500 numbered series, respectively, each measuring 95 x 50 mm. Featuring an engraved illustration of English jockey Frederick Archer, a famously daring and successful Victorian rider who won most or possibly all of the great English turf prizes and accumulated a large fortune. Tickets are printed in Leeds, with stamp in bottom margin reading J. Richardson, "Bookmaker's Outfitter," Sporteries Leeds. Contained in the shoulder bag Charles Drew, English bookmaker who was arrested for charges of illegally soliciting bets on at least one occasion in 1901. Leather shoulder bag measuring 340 x 240 mm, with original strap, working clasps, inner pockets, his name in gilt to one side. Very good condition. Little is known of gambling bookie Charles Drew, but that his residence and business were based in South Shields, Tyne and Wear, in Northeast England, he married Ann Brown on 19 Jul 1852 at the South Shields St. Hilda parish church, and that he actively, illegally solicited gambling on streets by circulating betting cards for horse races. On 15 March 1901, the South Shields Daily Gazette reported on Drew's illegal activities: "At South Shields to-day, Charles Drew, bookmaker, was charged with betting East Street on Thursday last." Detective Sanderson and other officers deposed to the defendant being in the street taking bets in the usual way from 12 p.m. till 3 p.m. on the day named..." Several decades later, the gambling pastime which was already firmly entrenched in British culture would finally become a legal pastime. 1 September 1960, BBC: "1 January 1961 gambling for small sums will be legal for games of skill [...] betting shops will take gambling off the streets [...] At the moment, anyone who wants to place a bet on the horses has to demonstrate they have enough credit to set up an account with a bookmaker and do their dealings by telephone".
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[Horse Racing in India].
Collection of 17 original photographs. Mostly Calcutta, 1922.
Albumen prints (vintage). Mostly 136 x 190 mm, but some smaller (down to 121 x 90 mm). Fine, rare collection of British equestrian sports in India, mostly showing the 1922 Calcutta Races. Annotated to rear: "The Indian Grand National: 1st Hurdle", "Mr Ivan Jones 'China Egg'", "The Canal Hurdle Plate (Finish)", etc. Also shows the spectators at a Polo match, portraits of Anglo-Arabian thoroughbreds, etc. - Steeplechase racing was popular in British India both among planters and cavalry regiments. The first Indian Grand National was run at Tollygunge as early as 1895. - Well preserved.
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[Horse racing].
Two albums with black-and-white photographs. Berlin, 1939-1972.
2 albums containing a total of 49 large-format black-and-white prints (measuring up to 18 x 24 cm), some signed "Freund". Contemporary percaline (245 x 350 mm). High-quality photographs, mainly showing the winners of harness races driven by Harry Myrcik, including the horses Editor, Poldi, Aeolus, Burgschwester, Ester Cane, Norina, Cila, Fulklapp, Herbstwind, Cape Horn, Cedar, Ambrina, Akkord, Quarminus, Miami II, Sonnenmeister, Quintaner, Marie, and Oheim. Also, several offical finishing line photos and a few portraits. The collection is arranged chronologically; the 30 images in the first volume are tipped in, while the 19 in volume 2 are loose. Often, the image is captioned in calligraphy, citing the name of the winning horse and its owner, the measured time, the place and date of the race, etc., some signed by photographer (and stamped: "Foto - Freund, Berlin / Charlottenburg"). Most photos were taken at the Berlin's Mariendorf trotting course, founded in 1913 and revived in the 1960s after war damage was repaired. - Three smaller photos have been removed; otherwise perfect.
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[Horse tack].
Unique sample book for horse tack hardware. No place, first half of 19th century.
Large 4to (208 x 260 mm). A series of 10 folding engraved plates of horses, all approx. 24 x 25 cm. Includes a board of iron and silver-plated hardware mounted on the front pastedown (34 pieces in all). Early 19th century half calf with marbled covers. The set includes 11 buckles (a twelfth appears to have been lost), 4 square rings, 9 bosses, and 6 ornamental appliqués, all of which are mounted on the inside upper cover with string or metal tongues and have identifying number codes in (faded) pencil. The plates show horses in five different tack kits, each presented for a single horse and for a team of two. A customer choosing from this sample book would first have picked a design from the plates, then selected the buckles and other hardware he wished to see used from the specimens inside the front cover. - Covers rubbed; extremeties bumped. A few ruststained holes and pressure marks to the front flyleaf and first plate; occasional slight staining to plates; lower corner of flyleaf is missing. A unique sample book used by an unidentified early 19th century tack maker.
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[Horses and Falconry].
Falknerin. Berlin, Gustav Schauer, [ca 1890].
Photo reproduction of a painting, 95 x 130 mm, mounted on studio backboard (107 x 166 mm). Photo reproduction of Josef Arpád Koppay's painting of a lady falconer seated on a horse.
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[Horses].
Collection of Photographs and Ephemera Relating to a Soldiers and Sailors Carnival and Field Day. Los Angeles, 1918.
15 loose black leaves with b/w photographs (mostly 8” x 10”) and ephemera (letters, small advertising posters, telegrams, ticket stubs) adhered to rectos and versos; 20 photographs in all. Leaves quite brittle and chipped at the edges; some photographs a little wavy (from the adhesive) or creased, but for the most part clean, and always intelligible; large tear across one of the posters, fragile, but with no loss. Centered around a Carnival and Field Day, this collection features photographs of, or correspondence from, some famous characters: Tom Mix (an actor in early Western movies, who performed at the event), F. W. Blanchard (an early Los Angeles developer, first president of the Hollywood Bowl, and director of the event), Miss Hessie Hallett and her horse Arabjay (performers), James D. Phelan (politician, civic leader, and banker, who contributed personnel to the event), Kaiser Wilhelm II (photographed in the form of an effigy hung at the event), and William Taft (who, via telegram, regrets that he cannot attend). Offers a cursory glance at the event’s inner workings, with telegrams, special ticket stubs and lunch coupons for participants (offered by The Patriotic Mothers of Sons in Service), a copy of the program and list of organizers, and a typed financial statement. But the highlight - and focus - of the collection are the photographs of the beautiful horses that were featured in the rodeo events, races, and fancy mounts. A day-long extravaganza that included marching bands, military maneuvers, wrestling, boxing, tug-of-war, and more, this glimpse at a moment of grandstanding captures more than a singular event in California’s (and America’s) history, as whispers of the tumultuous time are discernable throughout.
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[Horticulture].
Two treatises on horticulture. Ottoman Empire, [1776 CE =] 1190 H.
4to (142 x 195 mm). Manuscript in Ottoman Turkish, 2 parts in one volume. (105), (38) pp. on (84) ff. Text in black (and occasional red) riqa', 15 lines within red (and occasional gilt) rules. 19th century limp brown morocco binding. A collection of two Ottoman Turkish treatises in a single 18th century manuscript, discussing the planting of trees and the cultivation of flowers. - Spine rebacked; altogether well preserved.
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[Hungarian-Arabian horses.] - Her Britannic Majesty's Consulate, Trieste.
Autograph letter signed. Trieste, 14. VI. 1898.
8vo. 9 pp. On three bifolia attached to one another with green string. A letter by a member of the British Consulate in Trieste, apparently written to a British official in Cyprus, responding to an enquiry regarding "the probable price of a pair of horses about 15 hands". "The kind of horses that you speak of are known here as 'Jukers', light, active, strong [...], fast trotting, able to go 14 kilometres an hour. A pair of horses of such description 5 years old & sound will cost about fls 1200 or say £100. Hungarian horses in my opinion will suit the best for your Island as they have Arab blood in them". The writer explains that he is not a dealer himself, "but being very fond of horses & having many native friends in India I have very often occasions to buy for them & also for my brother, who resides in Bombay at present". He explains that "no good horses are to be found in Trieste", and that "as a rule" he visits "the fairs in the interior" to buy horses. He names the four breeding farms of the Hungarian Government and describes the types of horses bred at each ("lastly the Fogaras stud, where stallions from the Lipizza private farm belonging to the Emperor are supplied"). Describes the auction of the "superfluous horses of these establishments of the age of 4 & 5" at "Tattersall's in Budapest in the 1st week of October", with prices for each type of horse, giving examples from his own experience. "Two British Cavalry officers belonging to the Egyptian Army came over here in the Autumn of 1896. They bought 60 remounts for the Egyptian cavalry. The Greek Cavalry & Artillery are wholly supplied with horses from Hungary". While discussing "sires for breeding purposes" he mentions that he knows "the Director of the Lipizza farm [...] personally" and gives the price at which he is offered superior horses by him. Ends with details of possible "charge for freight on each horse to Cyprus". - Text clear and complete.
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[Hunting].
Certificate of Apprenticeship for Anton Spiallek. Dombrau (Doubrava) in Silesia (now Czech Republic), 29. IX. 1822.
Ink and watercolours on paper, backed with cloth. Calligraphic and armorial headpiece; historiated initials; two coloured illustrations (a hunter loading his gun; a hawk devouring a goose). Four red wax seals. 77 x 55 cms, rolled and stored in a contemporary marbled tube. A certificate of apprenticeship for the hunter Anton Spiallek (Spialleck) of Wiegstädtel near Opava in Silesia, signed by Franz Spialeck (possibly a relation) and four other district hunting officials of Dombrau and Mittel-Suchau (Prostrední Suchá), owned by Richard Baron Mattencloit. The art of hunting had long included falconry also in Silesia, and it was among the favourite pastimes of the nobility.
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[Husayn ibn 'Ali, King of Hejaz].
The King of Hedjaz and Arab Independence. With a Facsimile of the Proclamation of June 27, 1916. Together with the Proclamation issued at Baghdad by Lieut.-General Sir Stanley Maude, after the occupation of that city by the British Forces. London, Hayman, Christy & Lilly, Ltd., 1917.
8vo. 14, (2) pp. With portrait frontispiece and folding Arabic facsimile. Original printed wrappers. Rare British pamphlet advertising the independence of Hejaz from Ottoman rule, following the Arab Revolt in which T. E. Lawrence had played so vital a role. Husayn strove for acknowledgement as "King of Arabia", though the powers would recognize him only as King of Hejaz. In 1924 Abd al-Aziz ibn Saud conquered Hejaz and proclaimed the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia six years later. - A clean, unmarked copy. Rare, the last copy at auction sold in 1999 (Sotheby's, Oct 14, 1999, lot 439, £800). OCLC 3949330.
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[Hydrographic Office - Bahrain].
Approaches to Mina Sulman including [Khor Kaliya &] Sitra Anchorage (3792). London, British Admiralty, 1951-1965.
Standard issue, 700 x 1024 mm. Scale 1:50,000. Detailed nautical chart of the approaches to Mina Salman, the primary cargo port and customs point of Bahrain, prepared by the British Admiralty. Undoubtedly one of the better antiquarian maps of northern Bahrain. - The chart details the approaches to Mina Salman as well as the Sitra anchorage. Approach channels to Mina Salman were built in 1954, and a pier was constructed in 1956, mainly used by dhows. In 1958 it became a free port, and in 1962 a deep water wharf composed of six berths was constructed. The wharf allowed cargo to be directly loaded onto the port for the first time. In the 1960s, the port had refrigeration, storage facilities and equipment for handling large ships. - The map includes the cities of Muharraq and Manama, showing numerous minarets. Bahrain Fort, the Portuguese Fort, Abu Mahur Fort, and the Sheikh's palace are labelled. Another prominent site is Muharraq Airfield, a military base established by the Royal Air Force in April 1943 as RAF Bahrain (later RAF Muharraq) that remained in use until 1971, when Bahrain declared independence. - The British Admiralty has produced nautical charts since 1795 under the auspices of the United Kingdom Hydrographic Office (HO). Its main task was to provide the Royal Navy with navigational products and service, but since 1821 it has also sold charts to the public. The present chart was composed after Admiralty surveys from 1932 to 1960. The 1951 first edition saw revisions and corrections in 1962-65. - Very well preserved with a single fold. Provenance: stamps of Maria K. Iatrou, seller of nautical charts, books and instruments in Piraeus, Greece.
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[Hydrographic Office - Jeddah].
Jidda with its Approaches Surveyed by Commander W. J. L. Wharton, R.N. and the Officers of H.M.S. "Fawn," 1876. London, British Admiralty, 1927 (1930).
Engraved map. 1230 x 690 mm. Detailed British Admiralty chart of the approaches to Jeddah, present-day Saudi Arabia, with an inset chart of Jeddah Harbour and the city itself. - This is undoubtedly one of the better antiquarian maps of the gateway city to Mecca and Medina. Jeddah was an important diplomatic city when the map was made; illustrated are the consulates of Britain, Russia, Austria, the Netherlands, Egypt, and France. Numerous minarets of the old city are shown. The old city walls and the gates of Mecca, Cherif, and Medina are labeled. The Ummina Howwa (Eve's Tomb) is shown. - At the beginning of the 20th century, Jeddah was an important Red Sea port, but with many islands and much shoaling in the approaches, it was a dangerous one. The British Admiralty has produced nautical charts since 1795 under the auspices of the United Kingdom Hydrographic Office (HO). Its main task was to provide the Royal Navy with navigational products and service, but since 1821 it has also sold charts to the public. In 1795, King George III appointed Alexander Dalrymple, a pedantic geographer, to consolidate, catalogue, and improve the Royal Navy’s charts. He produced the first chart as the Hydrographer to the Admiralty in 1802. Dalrymple, known for his sticky personality, served until his death in 1808, when he was succeeded by Captain Thomas Hurd. The HO has been run by naval officers ever since. Hurd professionalized the office and increased its efficiency. He was succeeded by the Arctic explorer Captain William Parry in 1823. By 1825, the HO was offering over 700 charts and views for sale. Under Parry, the HO also began to participate in exploratory expeditions. The first was a joint French-Spanish-British trip to the South Atlantic, a voyage organized in part by the Royal Society of London. In 1829, Rear-Admiral Sir Francis Beaufort was appointed Hydrographer Royal. Under his management, the HO introduced the wind force scale named for him, as well as began issuing official tide tables (1833). It was under Beaufort that HMS Beagle completed several surveying missions, including its most famous voyage commanded by Captain FitzRoy with Charles Darwin onboard. When Beaufort retired in 1855, the HO had nearly two thousand charts in its catalogue. Later in the 19th century, the HO supported the Challenger expedition, which is credited with helping to found the discipline of oceanography. The HO participated in the International Meridian Conference which decided on the Greenwich Meridian as the Prime Meridian. Regulation and standardization of oceanic and navigational measures continued into the 20th century, with the HO participating at the first International Hydrographic Organization meeting in 1921. During World War II, the HO chart making facility moved to Taunton, the first purpose-built building it ever inhabited. In 1953, the first purpose-built survey ship went to sea, the HMS Vidal. Today, there is an entire class of survey vessels that make up the Royal Navy’s Hydrographic Squadron. The HO began to computerize their charts in the late 1960s and early 1970s. In 1968, the compilation staff also came to Taunton, and the HO continues to work from there today.
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[Hydrographic Office U.S. Navy].
Bushire (Abu Shahr). No. 3656. Washington D.C., published at the Hydrographic Office, 1914.
Engraved chart. 760 x 1065 mm. Scale 1:23,594. Nautical chart including tidal information, compass roses, soundings, seabed notations, currents, sandbanks, shoals and inland elevations. Folded.
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[Hydrographic Office U.S. Navy].
Preliminary Chart. Panama Canal to Escudo de Veraguas from United States govrenment Surveys to 1938. Washington D.C., published at the Hydrographic Office, 1948.
1320 x 865 mm. Scale 1:145,925. Nautical chart of the North Coast of Panama. Engraved chart, including tidal information, compass roses, soundings, seabed notations, currents, sandbanks, shoals, lighthouses and beacons picked out in yellow and red, inland elevations, detailing and buildings. First published in 1938, revised in 1948. Signs of contemporary use. Folded.
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[Hydrographic Office U.S. Navy].
Southeast Coast of Arabia. Ras Sajar to Ras Al Hadd. No. 1587. Washington, D.C., published at the Hydrographic Office, 1920.
1147 x 850 mm. Scale 1:921,207. Engraved chart, including tidal information, compass roses, soundings, seabed notations. First published in 1898 from British Surveys to 1863. - Folded.
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[Hydrographic Office, U.S. Navy].
Indian Ocean - Arabian Sea. Gulf of Oman and Adjacent Coasts from Karachi to Ra's Al Hadd. From British and American Surveys to 1931. Washington D.C., Hydrographic Office, 1948/1951.
1290 x 780 mm. Lithographed with some lighthouses highlighted in purple. Scale 1:883,200. Serial no. 1588. New edition of the U.S. Navy's 1899/1931 hydrographic map of the Gulf of Oman, immediately east of the Musandam Peninsula to Karachi, showing depths and lighthouses on the coasts of Oman and Iran. Marked as 8th edition, March 1948, reprinted April 1951. - Stamp of Northwest Instrument Co., Inc., Agents, Seattle, in lower margin. Well preserved.
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[Hydrographic Office].
Aden Harbour and Approaches. No. 7. London, British Admiralty, 1936.
Standard issue, 710 x 1264 mm. Scale 1:24,300. Fine nautical chart of the port of Aden, historically a major hub of transportation for the region, prepared by the British Admiralty. Undoubtedly one of the better antiquarian maps of Aden under British administration. With a small panoramic view of the peninsulas of Aden and Little Aden. - The chart shows the Aden Peninsula with the city and harbour, as well as Little Aden peninsula and Bander Tauwahi. It details the port area, labeling the clock tower, the market, the cemetery, the Prince of Wales pier, police lines and telegraph stations, as well as Marbut Hill, Chapel Hill and Barrack Hill. It includes the mountainous Aden Peninsula and Gold Mohur Valley, as well as smaller islands such as Flint Island, Slave Island, and Sirah. On Little Aden the chart includes the Sheikh Ghadir temple as well as Mount Sugarloaf. In addition, the chart marks a quarantine area between both peninsulas for sea-going vessels. - The British Admiralty has produced nautical charts since 1795 under the auspices of the United Kingdom Hydrographic Office (HO). Its main task was to provide the Royal Navy with navigational products and service, but since 1821 it has also sold charts to the public. The present chart was composed after Admiralty surveys of 1906; it was first published in 1907 and saw several corrections up to 1936. - With two folds. A few manuscript notes. Slightly brownstained.
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[Hydrographic Office].
Aden Harbour. No. 3660. London, British Admiralty, 1937.
Standard issue, 698 x 1024 mm. Scale 1:6,120. Detailed nautical chart of the port of Aden, historically a major hub of transportation for the region, prepared by the British Admiralty. Undoubtedly one of the better antiquarian maps of Aden under British administration. - The chart details the port area, labelling the Hotel de l'Europe, churches, the post office, the American Consulate, Cunningham market, the Prince of Wales pier, coal wharfs and the Aden Coal Company, as well as Marbut Hill, Chapel Hill and Barrack Hill. It includes the mountainous Aden Peninsula and Gold Mohur Valley, as well as the quarantine station on Flint Island. - The British Admiralty has produced nautical charts since 1795 under the auspices of the United Kingdom Hydrographic Office (HO). Its main task was to provide the Royal Navy with navigational products and service, but since 1821 it has also sold charts to the public. The present chart was composed after Admiralty surveys between 1906 and 1936; it was first published in 1907 and saw several corrections up to 1937. - With a single fold. Captioned in print and in a former collector's hand on verso. Slightly brownstained near upper right corner and on lower right margin.
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[Hydrographic Office].
Arabian Sea. No. 1012. London, British Admiralty, 1935.
Standard issue, 710 x 1,236 mm. Scale 1:2,730,000. Nautical chart of the Gulf of Aden and the Arabian Sea including the west coast of India, prepared by the British Admiralty. The chart details the strait of Bab-el-Mandeb, the Gulf of Aden, Socotra Island and the open sea as well as the Somali coast and the Horn of Africa. Among the major labeled cities are Mokka, Aden, Masira, and Ras al Hadd in Arabia, as well as Bombay and Surat in India. The chart shows the boundary between the British and Italian spheres of interest in Africa and warns the mariner of approaching the eastern point of Socotra during the south-west monsoon. - The British Admiralty has produced nautical charts since 1795 under the auspices of the United Kingdom Hydrographic Office (HO). Its main task was to provide the Royal Navy with navigational products and service, but since 1821 it has also sold charts to the public. The present chart was composed after surveys by the East India Government between 1828 and 1863, as well as Indian navy surveys between 1836 and 1849; it was first published in 1899 and saw several corrections up to 1935. - With two folds; a few manuscript notes. With a stamp "Increase 50%" near lower right corner. Captioned in print and in a former collector's hand on verso. Larger and smaller tear in lower margin along the folds; small hole near lower margin; small dampstain near lower right corner.
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[Hydrographic Office].
Central America. Cape Mala to Elena Bay with the Northern Coast from Chagres to Greytown. London, published at the Admiralty, 1926.
1025 x 700 mm. Chart of Costa Rica, Panama, the Mosquito Gulf and the Pacific Ocean. Engraved chart, including tidal information, compass roses, soundings, seabed notations, currents, sandbanks, shoals, inland elevations, detailing and buildings. First published in 1889, revised in 1926. Signs of contemporary use, with several pencil markings. Folded.
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[Hydrographic Office].
Chart of the South East Coast of Arabia from Ras Sukra to Palinurus Shoal, compiled from trigonometric Surveys. London, published by John Walker, 1924.
1140 x 710 mm. Chart of the East Coast of Arabia from Ras Sukra to Palinurus Shoal with inset maps of Bander Reisut, Merbat Bay and Kishin Bay. Engraved chart, including tidal information, compass roses, soundings, seabed notations, currents, sandbanks, shoals, lighthouses and beacons picked out in yellow and red, inland elevations, detailing and buildings. Published by John Walker, Geographer to the East India Company in 1850, new editions in 1865, 1888, 1921 and 1924. Signs of contemporary use. Folded.
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[Hydrographic Office].
Gulf of Aden - North Coast. Aden Harbour surveyed by Lieut. W. C. Taylor, A. G. Bingham, A. P. Robinson, E. W. Danson & J. F. Vibart R. I. M. London, published at the Admiralty, 1926.
1025 x 700 mm. Scale 1:6120. Nautical chart of the Gulf of Aden with a handwritten note: "Caution: the depths on the northern side of the Inner Harbour are reported to be between 1 and 3 feet less than charted (1927)". Including tidal information, compass roses, soundings, seabed notations, currents, sandbanks, shoals, lighthouses and beacons picked out in orange, inland elevations, detailing and buildings.This edition first published in 1907, revised in 1926. Signs of contemporary use, with several pencil markings. Folded.
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[Hydrographic Office].
Gulf of Aden [...] Eastern Portion Including Socotra Island. No. 6a. London, British Admiralty, 1934.
Standard issue, 814 x 1006 mm. Scale 1:712,000. Nautical chart of the Gulf of Aden including the Horn of Africa and Socotra Island, prepared by the British Admiralty. With three panoramic views featuring Ras Jard Hafún and its neighbouring hills. - The chart details the Arabian and African coasts, Abd al-Kuri, and the Socotra Islands. Among the major labeled places are Ras-al-Kalb, Mukalla, Shihr, and Ras Kusa'ir on the Arabian coast, as well as Ras Adado, Bandar Kassim, Alula, and Hafun on the African continent. The chart shows geological features, marking several limestone formations including Jebel Warsangeleh, and warns mariners of the somewhat outdated rendering of Cape Guardafui, and of approaching the eastern point of Socotra island during the south-west monsoon. - The British Admiralty has produced nautical charts since 1795 under the auspices of the United Kingdom Hydrographic Office (HO). Its main task was to provide the Royal Navy with navigational products and service, but since 1821 it has also sold charts to the public. The present chart was composed after surveys by the Indian navy as well as Admiralty surveys between 1836 and 1927; it was first published in 1886 and saw several corrections up to 1934. - Small marginal tear in the centrefold, pierced in one place. Slightly brownstained. Two folds. A few manuscript notes and stamp "Increase 50%" near lower right corner. Captioned in print and in a former collector's hand on verso.
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[Hydrographic Office].
Gulf of Aden. Sheet 2. Western Portion. No. 6b. London, British Admiralty, 1931.
Standard issue, 700 x 1025 mm. Constant ratio linear horizontal scale 1:800,000. Nautical chart of the Gulf of Aden with the Arabian and African shoreline, prepared by the British Admiralty. With a small view of Ras-al-Kalb mountain. The chart details the Gulf from the Red Sea and the strait of Bab-el-Mandeb in the west to the cities of Burum in Arabia and Bander Báad in Africa in the east. It shows Perim Island, the Gulf of Tajura, mountains like Jebel Arar and Jebel Fadthli, as well as tribal areas. Among the most prominent labelled cities are Mokka, Aden, Balhaf, Zeila, Berbera, and Las Khoreh. - The British Admiralty has produced nautical charts since 1795 under the auspices of the United Kingdom Hydrographic Office (HO). Its main task was to provide the Royal Navy with navigational products and service, but since 1821 it has also sold charts to the public. The present chart was composed after Admiralty surveys of 1836-48 and 1911; it was first published in 1888 and saw several corrections up to 1931. - With a single fold. A few manuscript notes. With a stamp "Increase 50%" near lower right margin. Captioned in print and in a former collector's hand on verso. Some small marginal tears in the centerfold; not touching image.
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[Hydrographic Office].
Gulf of Aden. Sheet 2. Western Portion. No. 6b. London, British Admiralty, 1934.
Standard issue, 700 x 1025 mm. Constant ratio linear horizontal scale 1:800,000. Nautical chart of the Gulf of Aden with the Arabian and African shoreline, prepared by the British Admiralty. With a small view of Ras-al-Kalb mountain. The chart details the Gulf from the Red Sea and the strait of Bab-el-Mandeb in the west to the cities of Burum in Arabia and Bander Báad in Africa in the east. It shows Perim Island, the Gulf of Tajura, mountains like Jebel Arar and Jebel Fadthli, as well as tribal areas. Among the most prominent labelled cities are Mokka, Aden, Balhaf, Zeila, Berbera, and Las Khoreh. - The British Admiralty has produced nautical charts since 1795 under the auspices of the United Kingdom Hydrographic Office (HO). Its main task was to provide the Royal Navy with navigational products and service, but since 1821 it has also sold charts to the public. The present chart was composed after Admiralty surveys of 1836-48 and 1911; it was first published in 1888 and saw several corrections up to 1934. - With a single fold. A few manuscript notes. With a stamp "Increase 50%" near lower right corner. Captioned in print and in a former collector's hand on verso. Slightly brownstained.
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[Hydrographic Office].
Gulf of Suez. No. 757. London, British Admiralty, 1933.
Standard issue, 710 x 1160 mm. Nautical chart of the Gulf of Suez from Suez to the Strait of Jabal, prepared by the British Admiralty. With two inset maps of the Ras Gharib anchorage and Abu Zenima Bay, as well as views of the Zafara and Ras Gharib lighthouses and the Sinai mountains with Mount Catherine. - The chart shows the Bay of Suez with the ports of Ibrahim and Thewfik and the maritime canal, as well as the Atakah mountains, the Zafarana plain and Mount Sinai. Among the most prominent labelled cities are Suez, Zafara, Abu Zenima, Ras Gharib, and El Tor. - The British Admiralty has produced nautical charts since 1795 under the auspices of the United Kingdom Hydrographic Office (HO). Its main task was to provide the Royal Navy with navigational products and service, but since 1821 it has also sold charts to the public. The present chart was composed after Admiralty surveys of 1871-72; it was first published in 1873 and saw several corrections up to 1933. - With two folds. With a stamp "Increase 50%" near lower right corner. A few manuscript notes. Captioned in print and in a former collector's hand on verso. Faint marginal flaws, not touching image; somewhat spotted.
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[Hydrographic Office].
Harbours and Anchorages in the Red Sea. No. 3047. London, British Admiralty, 1921.
Standard issue 516 x 688 mm. Scales 1:7,230 to 1:29,040. Nautical chart of ten of the principal harbours and anchorages of the Red Sea, prepared by the British Admiralty: Sherm Sheikh, Sherm el Moiyah, Mersa Diba, Sherm Habban, Omeider Island, Dahab, Sherm en Noman, Wasit anchorage, Akaba Bay, and Khor el Wahla. The chart of Akaba Bay shows Akaba City and the ruined fort as well as Victoria Pier and an observation spot. Several charts show dangerous coral reefs, including Harrier reef on the Khor el Wahla chart. - The British Admiralty has produced nautical charts since 1795 under the auspices of the United Kingdom Hydrographic Office (HO). Its main task was to provide the Royal Navy with navigational products and service, but since 1821 it has also sold charts to the public. The present chart was composed after surveys by the Austrian Imperial ship "Pola" in 1895-96, as well as an admiralty survey of 1918; it was first published in 1899 and saw several corrections up to 1921. - With a stamp "Increase 50%" near upper margin. Captioned in former collectors' hands on verso. Blueish smudge near upper margin; several small marginal tears, only one of which touching text.
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[Hydrographic Office].
Harbours and Anchorages in the Red Sea. No. 923. London, British Admiralty, 1919.
Standard issue, 514 x 690 mm. Scales 1:8,250 and 1:94,700. Nautical chart of Perim Harbour, Beilul Bay and the Rakhmat Island anchorage in the Red Sea, prepared by the British Admiralty. The island of Perim divides the Strait of Mandeb into two channels. The island, as a dependency of Aden, was part of the British Empire between 1857 and 1967. - Perim encloses a deep and comparatively large natural harbour on the southwestern coast. The chart labels the pilot's and coal agent's houses, piers, coal stacks, the hospital, the Lloyd's signal station, and leisure facilities like a tennis court and a cricket ground. Other prominent places on the island include the fishing village of Meyun, Murray Point, William Bay, the old fort, and a parade ground. The two smaller maps of Beilul Bay and Rakhmat Island detail lava formations, mangroves, and swamps. - The British Admiralty has produced nautical charts since 1795 under the auspices of the United Kingdom Hydrographic Office (HO). Its main task was to provide the Royal Navy with navigational products and service, but since 1821 it has also sold charts to the public. The present chart was composed after Admiralty surveys of 1885; it was first published in 1886 and saw several corrections up to 1919. Captioned in former collectors' hands on verso.
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[Hydrographic Office].
Indian Ocean Western [and] Eastern Sheet. London, British Admiralty, 1867.
109,5 x 195 cm. Mounted on cloth. Large nautical chart of the Indian Ocean from the Cape of Good Hope to Australia. It combines the western sheet (Cape of Good Hope to Cape Comorin) and the eastern sheet (Cape Comorin to Australia) on a single map with two title vignettes. The chart details the Arabian Peninsula with the Red Sea and the Gulf, the eastern coast of Africa, Madagascar, India, parts of China, Indonesia, and the entire continent of Australia. - The British Admiralty has produced nautical charts since 1795 under the auspices of the United Kingdom Hydrographic Office (HO). Its main task was to provide the Royal Navy with navigational products and service, but since 1821 it has also sold charts to the public. The present chart was first published in 1856 and saw several corrections up to 1867. - Some pencil notes. Cracked in several places; marginal flaws professionally repaired.
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[Hydrographic Office].
Islands in the Southern Portion of the Red Sea. No. 453. London, British Admiralty, 1928.
Standard issue, 690 x 850 mm. Scale 1:96,600; 1:96,800; 1:36,950. Nautical chart of some of the main islands in the Red Sea, displaying Jebel Jukur and the Hanish Islands, prepared by the British Admiralty. With 2 inset maps of the Zebayir Islands and the Abu Ali Channel. - The main chart details the 23 islands and rocks of the Hanish Islands, administered by the Italian colony of Eritrea from 1923 to 1941 (when Italy left Eritrea, administration was carried on by Britain). The Zabayir archipelago, featured on an inset map, is a group of 10 major volcanic islands rising on top of an underlying shield volcano and reaching a height of 191 metres above sea level. The second inset map of the Abu Ali Channel includes a large portion of Jebel Zukur. - The British Admiralty has produced nautical charts since 1795 under the auspices of the United Kingdom Hydrographic Office (HO). Its main task was to provide the Royal Navy with navigational products and service, but since 1821 it has also sold charts to the public. The present chart was composed after an Admiralty survey of 1881/2; it was first published in 1883 and saw several corrections up to 1928. - With a single fold; tear to lower margin, touching image; two small marginal tears, not touching image. A few manuscript notes. Stamped "Increase 50%" at lower margin. Captioned in print and in a former collector's hand on verso.
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[Hydrographic Office].
Jabal at Tair to Perim Island. No. 143. London, British Admiralty, 1935.
Standard issue, 1015 x 912 mm. Constant ratio linear horizontal scale: 1:96,660 approx. Detailed nautical chart of the Red Sea from Jabal al-Tair Island to the Strait of Bab-el-Mandeb, prepared by the British Admiralty. With an inset map of Khor Ghuleifakeh. - The chart pays particular attention to volcanic activity, labelling volcanic cones, lava hills, and active volcanos. It details islands in the Red Sea including Haleb, the Hanish Islands, and the Zubair Group, and includes warnings of strong currents as well as a note that the depths of the Red Sea were obtained via Echo Sounding. Labelled cities ashore include Mocca, Hodeida, and Loheiya on the Yemen coast, as well as Rehayto, Assab, and Baylul on the coast of Eritrea. - The British Admiralty has produced nautical charts since 1795 under the auspices of the United Kingdom Hydrographic Office (HO). Its main task was to provide the Royal Navy with navigational products and service, but since 1821 it has also sold charts to the public. The present chart was compiled from information in the Hydrographic Department to 1930; a prior version appeared as early as 1882. - Small tear to left margin; two folds. A few manuscript notes. With a stamp "Increase 50%" at lower margin. Captioned in former collector's hand on verso.
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[Hydrographic Office].
Kamaran Passage and Southern Approach. No. 543. London, British Admiralty, 1919.
Standard issue, 685 x 1025 mm. Scale 1:29,420. Nautical chart of Kamaran Island and Kamaran passage in the Red Sea, prepared by the British Admiralty. With an inset map of Kamaran harbour. - During the second part of the 19th century, Kamaran Island was occupied by the Ottomans, who built a quarantine station for pilgrims from East Africa, the Gulf, India and the East conducting the Hajj by sea to the Ottoman-controlled holy city of Mecca. The chart details the quarantine area on the island, labelling quarantine buildings and the quarantine anchorage. Among the most prominent labelled places are Ras Rasha, Ras el Yemmen, Ras el Bayádh, and Saliff. Other details include Risha Island with a coral-free spot marked "good landing", as well as a warning of buoys adrift in the Kamaran passage. - The British Admiralty has produced nautical charts since 1795 under the auspices of the United Kingdom Hydrographic Office (HO). Its main task was to provide the Royal Navy with navigational products and service, but since 1821 it has also sold charts to the public. The present chart was composed after Admiralty surveys in 1899; it was first published in 1900 and saw several corrections up to 1919. - With a single fold. Captioned in a former collector's hand on verso. Two small marginal tears.
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[Hydrographic Office].
Mouth of the Euphrates. Shatt Al Arab and Bahmanshir River from surveys by the Port Directorate, Basra, to 1926. London, published at the Admiralty, 1931.
1025 x 700 mm. Scale 1:100,000. Engraved chart of Shatt Al Arab and Bahmanshir River (1235), with inset charts showing Abadan to Coal Island including Al Basra and Karun River. Includes tidal information, compass roses, soundings, seabed notations, currents, sandbanks, shoals, lighthouses and beacons picked out in yellow and red, inland elevations, detailing and buildings. First published in 1921, last revised in 1931. Folded and browned, with a few paper flaws in the fold.
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[Hydrographic Office].
Perim Island (or Meyún) and Bab-el-Mandeb Small Strait. No. 2592. London, British Admiralty, 1924.
Standard issue, 687 x 860 mm. Scale 1:17,980. Nautical chart of the southernmost part of the Red Sea with Perim Island, prepared by the British Admiralty. With a view of the Strait of Bab-el-Mandeb near lower margin. - Perim Island, as a dependency of Aden, was part of the British Empire between 1857 and 1967. The island encloses a deep and comparatively large natural harbour on the southwestern coast. The chart labels the pilot's house, piers, coal stacks, the hospital, and the Lloyd's signal station. Other prominent places on the island include the fishing village of Meyun, Murray Point, William Bay, the old fort, and a parade ground. The chart includes the Arabian coast of the Bab-el-Mandeb strait, detailing Sheikh Malu or Oyster Island, Ras Sheikh Syed, and Jebel Manhali. - The British Admiralty has produced nautical charts since 1795 under the auspices of the United Kingdom Hydrographic Office (HO). Its main task was to provide the Royal Navy with navigational products and service, but since 1821 it has also sold charts to the public. The present chart was composed after Admiralty surveys between 1874 and 1918; it was first published in 1874 and saw several corrections up to 1924. - With a single fold. Some manuscript corrections and a note in pencil: "Caution / The 2 Red Lights on Lloyd's Signal Station are now discontinued". With a stamp "Increase 50%" near lower right corner. Captioned in print and in a former collector's hand on verso. A large tear in the centrefold.
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[Hydrographic Office].
Perim Island to Aden. No. 3661. London, British Admiralty, 1935.
Standard issue, 696 x 1020 mm. Scale 1:200,000. Nautical chart of the Gulf of Aden from the Bab al-Mandab Strait to the city of Aden, prepared by the British Admiralty. The chart details the approximate western boundary of the British Protectorate and pays particular attention to geological features, labelling the Jebel Arror or Chimney Peaks, as well as numerous other hills along the coast including the Sugarloaf near Aden. Among the most prominent labelled places are Perim Island, Jezirath Sowabih, Jebel Manhali, Sakiah, Ras al Ara, Aden, and Aden Harbour. - The British Admiralty has produced nautical charts since 1795 under the auspices of the United Kingdom Hydrographic Office (HO). Its main task was to provide the Royal Navy with navigational products and service, but since 1821 it has also sold charts to the public. The present chart was composed after Admiralty surveys of 1900 and 1929; it was first published in 1930 and saw several corrections up to 1935. - With a single fold. Small ruststains near lower corners; a few manuscript notes. Captioned in print and in a former collector's hand on verso.
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[Hydrographic Office].
Persian Gulf. Approaches to Ras at Tannura. From United States Government Charts to 1959. L (D1) 3788. London, published at the Admiralty, 1963/1964.
1040 x 710 mm. Scale 1:150,000. Nautical chart of the Arabian Gulf off the coast of Ras Tanura on the north-eastern coast of the Arabian Peninsula. Including tidal information, compass roses, soundings, seabed notations, currents, sandbanks, shoals, inland elevations. This edition first published in 1951, re-engraved in 1958, with revisions in 1962, 1963 and (overstamped or handwritten) 1964. - Folded; very well preserved. Provenance: from the archives of Lilley & Reynolds Ltd., suppliers of Navigation Equipment.
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[Hydrographic Office].
Persian Gulf. Jazh. Shaikh Shu'aib & Qalat to Ras at Tannura. From the latest information in the Hydrographic Office. L (D5) 2883. London, published at the Admiralty, 1962-1964.
1040 x 710 mm. Scale 1:350,000. Nautical chart of the Arabian Gulf off the coast of Ras Tanura on the north-eastern coast of the Arabian Peninsula, with parts of the southern coastline of Persia. Including tidal information, compass roses, soundings, seabed notations, currents, sandbanks, shoals, inland elevations (including a "conspicuous tree" on the island of Shaikh Shu'aib). This edition first published in 1955, with large corrections in 1958 and smaller ones in the subsequent years to 1964 (overstamped or handwritten). - Folded; some pencil annotations but very well preserved. Provenance: from the archives of Lilley & Reynolds Ltd., suppliers of Navigation Equipment.
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[Hydrographic Office].
Persian Gulf. Shatt Al Arab [2 sheets]. London, published at the Admiralty, 1944.
Sheet 1: 1065 x 760 mm; sheet 2: 1270 x 765 mm. Scale 1:25,000. Nautical chart of Shatt Al Arab on 2 sheets: sheet 1 showing the "Entrance to Shatt Al Arab" (3842) and sheet 2 showing the "Inner Bar to Kabda Point" (3843). Engraved chart, including tidal information, compass roses, soundings, seabed notations, currents, sandbanks, shoals, lighthouses and beacons picked out in red, inland elevations, detailing and buildings. First published in 1927, revised in 1944. Signs of contemporary use, with several pencil markings. Folded.
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[Hydrographic Office].
Persian Gulf. Shatt Al Arab [5 sheets]. London, published at the Admiralty, 1932.
Sheet 1: 1030 x 700 mm; sheet 2: 1220 x 710 mm; sheet 3: 1030 x 700 mm; sheet 4: 1030 x 700 mm; sheet 5: 1220 x 710 mm. Scale 1:25,000. Nautical chart of Shatt Al Arab on 5 sheets: sheet 1 showing the "Entrance to Shatt Al Arab", sheet 2 showing the "Inner Bar to Kabda Point", sheet 3 showing "Kabda Point to Abadan" with an inset map of Abadan, sheet 4 showing "Abadan to Tuwaila Island" with an inset map of Mohammerah Bar, and sheet 5 showing "Tuwaila Island to Coal Island" with an inset map of Basra and Ma'qil. Engraved chart, including tidal information, compass roses, soundings, seabed notations, currents, sandbanks, shoals, lighthouses and beacons picked out in yellow and red, inland elevations, detailing and buildings. First published in 1907, revised in 1932. Signs of contemporary use, with several pencil markings. Folded.
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